KMrniKjjpIj) NEEDS: A Modern Hotel. Chamber of Commerce. JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS: BqChHd<)pP0rtUnity f°r ®very School Better Marketing System. More Food and Feed Crops. Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882 I EARLY BIRDS - - gather the “first feed!” The earlier you do your Spring Advertising in The Herald - - the better for your Prosperity “appetite!" Phone 10 for rates. VOLUME 45—NO. 33 * * * Cotton Festival Interest Grows Local Organizations Lend Their Support; Classes of Entries for Premiums f - I.ocul organisations are lending their support to the home demon stration clubs in the county, in .» worthwhile way, in the promotion of the Cotton Festival planned for Friday, May 6. The affair will be held at the courthouse both in the afternoon and in the evening, and promises to be a good big drop I in the bucket towards increasing the consumption of cotton goods. The Kiwanis club has agreed to provide King Cotton himself in [ all °f his royal glory, and to ask [the local merchants to cooperate in the movement by dressing their windows in cotton merchandise. It is desired that all merchants in the county feature cotton goods in their windows during the com Iing week. The Woman’s club will have charge of local exhibits of cotton articles and will also manage the social end of the program. rhe Business and Professional Woman’s club will take care of the entries of exhibits as they arrive and arrange them for judging. Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, the county home agent and general manager of the entire festival, will be in direct charg-3 of th • stunt entries, and she wishes all clubs that expect to compete for the prizes offered for best stunts put on for the pleasure of King Cotton, to notify her by Monday, May 2. This is important in or der that the evening program may be arranged. No stunt is expected to take more than ten minutes. In the afternoon the exhibits entered will be judged except those worn by living models which will be judged in the evening. Premiums keep arriving from manufacturers and others, and it has not been deemed advisable to designate prizes for any certain exhibit yet. There may be as many as three prizes for each class of exhibits. However, the classes have been arranged as follows, in which there will be at least first and second prizes: 1. Dresses made by women a For women 1. House dress 2. Afternoon dress. .1. Evening dress. 4. Sport dress, b For Girls: 1. School dress. 2. Party dress. II: Dresses Made by Girls Un der 18 years. 1. School dress. 2. Party dress. Ill: Any type of Dress Made by Women Not Costing More Than $2.50. IV: Any type of dress made by girls under 18 years, not costing more than $2.00. V: Any Dress worn by living model. VI: Stunts by Home DemonstraC tion Clubs for Women and Girls. First prize: Automobile tire. Second prize: Automobile Tire. VII: Stunts by other Clubs. First prize: Automobile Tire. Second prize: Automobile Tire The premiums will be on dis play in W. M. Sanders’ windows as they arrive. ANOTHER STILL CAPTURED Mr W. W. Stuart, deputy sher iff of Ingrams township, brought a 40-gallon copper still here yes terday morning. This still was captured in Ingrams township on Saturday morning. No one was at the still and no arrests were made. Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the lino below to spell the name of a person in Smith held, and if the right one de ciphers his name and will pre sent it to The Herald office, we will present him with a complimentary ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must be 'j||K:d for before the f ol io wjfljf issue. Bill Norton recognized his name last issue. Todays -Tantailzer: nhlmlamlwaroit.norji A Vacant Lot On One of City’s Main Streets Appearance at beginning of Clean-Up Week. This and other lot: like it should have the attention of the trash wagons this week. Wreck Occurs On Overhead Bridge Franklin Car Runs Into Two Others on Railrocd Bridge Near Selma Last Friday afternoon an au tomobile wreck occurred on the overhead bridge between here and Se lmawhen a Franklin car driven by two Raleigh men, attempted to pass two other cars on the bridge. According to information re ceived here, Mrs. Geo. E. Cherry of this city, had parked her car on the bridge, and Mr. B. G. Jones, also of this city, who was coming across the bridge, turned out to pass when the Franklin ran up behind him, striking both cars from the rear. Mrs. Cherry's ca was only slightly damaged, while the fenders and the rear bumper were torn from the one driven by Mr. Jones. The Franklin turned over and was completely wrecked. Its two occupants, Mr. Moore an<| Mr. Whitaker, were painfully injured. They were brought to the John ston County Hospital fo medical teatment, and later went on to their homes in Raleig-h. The wounds of Mr. Moore did not prove serious, but it was reported yes terday that Mr. Whitaker is still confined to his bed, suffering from an injured hip. None of the Smiinneld people were hurt. SOM K SOI HI S BEST COTTON LAND IS FLOODED MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 23.— 1Kink Cotton, which for years h is reigned supreme in the Mississippi Delta and St. Francis Basin, has practically been dethroned by the Mississippi floods. With approximately 1O.OC0.OOO acres of the South’s best cotton land today surging pools of muddy water from floods, and no drain age possible for perhaps a month, plants will be forced to grow late corn if anything this year, say market experts. Cotton planting was to be start ed throughout these sections next week and much of the ground has already been broken for the planting. Growing of cotton requires dry weather as well as dry earth. After the floods have receded, the ground will be too wet for two weeks or more to grow cotton. Experts today estimated the loss of the cotton crop due to floods would run into millions of dol lars. The pric ' of cotton has already begun to rise due to the floods.— International News Service. Last Trump For Pedestrians. , “Mah bredren,” shouted Parsor Pot luck, “yo’ want t’ be ready t( 11 jump when yo’ beahs Gabriel folov jdat horn.” I ”Fo’ goodness sake!” murmurec l Brother Simpson, “am he a-comin j^in er autymobeel?”—Pathfinder. Mystery Shrouds Benson Citizen Jim Johnson Disappears From Home and Search Is Unavailing; Drown ing Feared Mystery still shrouds the dis appearance of Jim Johnson, who left his home in Benson last Wed nesday afternoon and has not been located since, althoug-h his family, friends and officers of the law have made every effort to find his whereabouts. The waters of Black Creek. Holt Lake and a j portion of Neuse River were searched diligently Thursday, Fri day, Saturday and even Sunday "hen it became known that his car had been found at Holt Lake, but nothing has yet been discovered that would indicate that he was drowned. He was last seen by the miller at Holt Lake, who is said i to have seen him get out of his 'car at the lake, take a sack from the car which he threw over his shoulder, and go off toward the creek. Mr. Johnson’s failure to return borne on Wednesday night caused his family no alarm, it being his custom to go fishing and return at a late hour. However when he did not show up Thursday morn ing, his wife instituted a search which as yet has been unavailing. It appears that Mr. Johnson on Wednesday afternoon, after put ting his blacksmith shop in order, locked the door and deposited his key in his lock box at the post office. He is also said to hnvo his wife when he left home Wed nesday afternoon that she would not see him ag-ain. Mr. Johnson's mental state has not been normal for some time, and it was feared at first that he had perhaps drowned himself. Others think that such is not the case and that he will probably yet be found. He went away for sev eral days once before and caused his family much concern. Legionnaires To Attend Conference The members of the American Legion are planning to attend the fourth district conference in Ral eigh tomorrow night, April 27. They are requested to meet at the Sundry Shoppe before six o'cloek and wear Legion caps. A silver lov ing cup will be presented to the post which has the largest per dintage of membership in attend ance, and the local post hopes to bring it back. This post has al ready won three loving cups. STOCK OP (lOOliS SOLD The stock of goods belonging to the L. G. Stevens & Company, at Pour Oaks, was sold under bank ruptcy proceedings last P'riday at noon. Bidders were jgesent from Pour Oaks, Kinston, P.nfield and Rocky Mmint, and the entire stock brough {§^1,777. The Store was closed several weeks ago. rnrnm I -— j ro INSPECT YARDS FRIDAY Dl RING THE past two | weeks a clean-up campaign has been observed here. During | this time many back lots have been transformed, and instead of the littered places they used ( to be are now neat and in a j sanitary condition. Prizes have been offered for the cleanest yards in town, one for the white and one for the colored people. An inspection will be made Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock and the families having the cleanest yards will be pre sented prizes. Those who have not yet entered in the campaign are urged to begin at once. Hearing Held On Highway Matter Judge Harris Will Dis solve Restraining Or der When Statement of Facts Sustaining Con tentions Are Presented In Court Upon presentation in court for the benefit of the opposition, of facts sustaining the contention.' of Johnston county in the matter of re-lending to the State High way Commission a sum of money |to be used in constructing an other road across the county. Judge W. C. Harris, who heard the case here }4esterda;| after [noon, will sign an act dissolving the restraining order recently] ibrought against the State High way Commission by citizens of Benson. Judge Harris held tha: the county commissioners, who at the time the loan was made constituted the road governing body of the county, had a right [to make the loan and that the contract is valid. Counsel for the Johnston county board stated that the statement of facts asked for would be ready for presentation on Thursday morning. An array of counsel took part in discussion, those bringing the injunction being represented by L L. Levinson of Benson and J. C. county board of commissioners be ing represented by County Attor ney, Paul D. Gray, F. H. Broks, J. A. Wellons, and Abell and Shepard; and the State Highway Commission, by Attorney Cha*. Mr. Clifford presented the con tentions of his clients, stating first that loan used to build number 22 should be used for that pur pose only; that the conference held in Raleigh between the John ston county board and the State Highway Commission was not a legal session of the board; and that the contract entered into is, therefore, invalid. Mr. Grady contended that the road governing board of Johnston county at that time was the county board of commissioners and it could therefore make a legal contract with the State Highway Commission. He contended that nothing done since that time, that is any corrections of the minutes, would interfere with the contract, and also contended that if anyone had a right to complain it is the bondholders themselves who have never registered any kick of any kind. Mr. Ross made it plain that the State Highway Commission wel comed this investigation in view of the fact that other contracts entered into by the commission with other counties would be af fected, if the action in question is not legal. During later discussion, the status of the outstanding bonds was made clear, it being shown that the county sold bonds in the sum of $240,000 to be retired from 1031 to 1040; that bonds in the sum of $130,000 had been issued, and also a short term note for $130,000. After hearing this in formation, Mr. Ross made the proposition that the contract be modified to provide that the State Highway Commission pay the short term note of $1110,000 when it falls due, and that only the sum ol $.‘170,000 be considered for road construction in the county. This proposition was accepted. (Turn to page six, please) Lives Are Lost In Raging Flood While Thousands Are Be ing Rescued, a Hundred Persons Have Been Drowned MEMPHIS, Term., April 24.— A Sabbath scene of death and desolation was presented today over more than nine thousand square miles of the richest lands in Mississippi and Arkansas as the flood waters of half a dozen mighty streams continued their relentless flow to the sea. At least one hundred human lives had been snuffed out by the j swirling, plunging waters since' the rivers started tearing from their beds three weeks ago, and I the fate of other hundreds was | left in doubt. TERRIBLE I)ESTR UCTION. Hour by hour, as the wallls of water moved across the stricken states, more thousands were made homeless j additional crops were destroyed, and livestock, homes, barns and property of almost ev ery description were swept along in the malestrom. Urgent warnings to the people in the lower Mississippi delta to flee for their lives from the flood wa ters sweeping down toward Vicks burg were issued during the day by army engineers and the exodus began before nightfall. Far across the country in La ! Fayette County. Arkansas, others ■ were moving out to highlands be fore the waters of the Red River, which broke through the main levee at Findley Bend early in the day. with the prospect that an additional 20.000 acres of land would be inundated. TREMENDOUS PRESSURE. As indicative of the tremendous pressure upon the dykes, Army engineers estimated that water was rushing past Memphis at the rate of two million cubic feet a second, while at a point just be low where the Arkansas empties into the father of waters the es timated rate was three million cubic feet a second. As the waters rushing through the Mississippi break at Spot’s Landing, above Greenville, moved today down the delta to rejoin the river at Vicksburg, two new towns were flooded, Areola and Hollon dale. Ten thousand refugees sought safety on the levee of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Rail road to the east. Flood waters from the Arkansas River were moving into north Luoisiana at what Army engineers estimated to be a rate of 11 miles a day. The flow is expected to continue until the flood is absorb ed by the Ouachita, to be carried by them back into the Mississippi again. '» ith the flood waters three feet1 deep in Leland, Areola and Hollan dale, all southeast of Greenville, and constantly rising, thousands soug’ht refuge on the levee of the \ azoo and Mississippi Valley Rail road. The residents of the towns were forced to the second floors of their homes. Attempts to rescue these ma rooned people were made today by Red Cross workers in motor boats. They had to fight a strong current and their task promised to be a heavy one, since 3,000 were in Leland and 1.000 in Ar eola. REMOVE REFUGEES. Another thousand refugees were taken from Greenville today ito/^/icksbitrg on the steadier Barrett. Included in this number were 500 white women and chil dren. This number will be replac ed. however, by another thous and who are being brought here from Lake Lee, 12 miles south of here. Of the 10,000 persons who are planning to remain here through out the period of the flood, 6,000 are Negroes. Bateaux are being used as the only means of trans portation about the city. Long lines of Negroes with their sleeves rolled up passed by ‘htvnlth ^vfficers on the levee &U day to receive typhoid serum. The serum was dropped on the roof of the court house from an airplane believed to have come from Memphis or Jackson. Sand help take care of trees THE TOWN has gone to the expense to buy 1,500 trees and put out over Smithfield. In a few years, if these trees grow and thrive, Smithfield will he famed for its lovely shade trees. In order that these trees do thrive and grow it will be necessary to give them a little care during the next few months. The residents are ask ed to help in this matter by see ing that the trees have a chance to grow straight, and by seeing that they are watered in times of drought. This is a civic duty that even the children can per form. Local Red Cross Responds To Call Smithfield Raises Through The Churches $150 for Flood Sufferers In the Mississippi Valley Smithfield has the habit of go ing over the top in almost any drive it undertakes, and when the c*all came from the American Red Cross Society for money to re lieve the flood sufferers in the \ Mississippi Valley more than i Smithfield’s quota was raised. H. V. Rose, chairman of the lo cal Red Cross chapter, received on i Saturday a telegram from James ! L. Fieser, active chairman of the i national organization, stating that the central committee in joint conference with cabinet officers named by President Coolidge to assist the Red Cross estimates tha: a minimum of $5,000,000 will be required for Red Cross relief work i'i the Mississippi flood. He stat ed that a national campaign was being launched immediately and that Smithfield’s quota was one hundred dollars. He emphasized the most urgent need arising from the situation, 100,000 refugees be ing dependent upon the Red Cross for emergency care. Mr. Rose got in touch with the pastors of the various churches and asked them to bring it before their congrega tions on Sunday. The Methodist. Baptist and Freewill churches took collections as follows: Methodist, $60.94; Baptist, $66.63; Freewill $6.50. The Presbyterians held no church service Sunday morning but a collection of $14.47 was taken | at Sunday school. This brought I the total amount to $148.54. A number of pledges have been I made of which payment has not i yet been made. Unpaid pledges' may be made directly to H. V. i Rose, chairman, Mr. Ira W. Med- f lin. Judge F. H. Brooks, Mr. E. S. j Edmundson or Mr C. J. Thomas. All donations will be gratefully I accepted and promptly forwarded t to the relief department at Wash-1 ington City. The condition is most acute and i Smithfield’s response to the call1 has been gratifying and worthy . of the good people of this town. CAN HANDLE A FEW MORE VETERANS’ LOANS ■ C. F. Gordon, cashier of the First and Citizens National Bank of this city, informs us that his bank is in position to handle a few more loans for World War veterans. This bank has arranged loans for veterans of Johnston county in the amount of approx imately $17,000, but for the past few weeks has not been able to do much along this line. However, a contact with another bank in St. Paul, Minn., makes it possible to resume the handling of loans for a time at least. wiches were also dropped from/ planes during the day. Food from here was taken to day to an Indian mound in the flooded area, where about 500 people sought refuge before the on-rushing waters. Champion Egg Eater R. E. McLamb, who lives on Four Oaks, Route 3, is the champ ion egg eater of the United States, so far as we know. Mr. McLamb bases his claim to this distinction upon the fact that he ate not many months ago, four dozen raw eggs at one time. He devoured this re past at a Benson cafe one after noon, and went on to his home in the country, and ate a dozen more which his wife fried for his sup per. Egg eating is not the only stunt Mr. McLamb has staged. He also has a record for drinking coca cola. One morning about eleven o’clock, he was in a store in Ben son, and after having made a wager with the proprietor, drank twenty-four bottles of coca cola which the proprietor furnished. A physician in the Wake County Court recently labeled coca cola as medicine. Medicine or not it cer tainly did not keep Mr. McLamb from plowing all the afternoon. Mr. McLamb is thirty-live years old and weighs 326 pounds. He is the second of fifteen children, and married Miss Susan F. Lee, the youngest of eighteen children. Mr, and Mrs. McLamb have had eight children, five of whom are living. Mr. McLamb has two sisters and | three brothers who W'eigh more j than 200 pounds each. At a . Fourth of July celebration in Ben- , >on several years ago, members ^ of his family won a prize for the , heaviest family in attendance, rhe total weight of those who at- « tended was 3000 pounds. , Night Prowlers Enter Dwelling Take Rings, Money and Gold From Home of A. j1 Ziady Saturday morning* about 3:30 jI j’clock thieves entered the home 1 3f Mr. A. Ziady, who lives on |J East Bridge street, and helped ■ themselves to what valuables they ' ?ould carry away, according to a statement by Mr. Ziady yester day. Entrance was made into Mr. Ziady’s room through a back win dow. Sunday morning a gold watch, three finger rings, three five dollar gold pieces, and four teen dollars in change and bills were missed from the room. Clothing was also taken from the room and carried to the back porch. After taking these things from M^ Ziady’s room, thej robbers went into the room of Mr. A. R. Baroody and took coin and bills to the amount of forty-five dol lars. The watch was found on the back porch near the clothing, ap parently forgotten by the thieves, or unfound by them when they left the house. No trace has been found of these night prowlers. | This is Mr. Ziady’s second visit by thieves within a week. He said that last Thursday night he heard an unusual noise among his chickens, but when he went out to investigate the intruders made his escape. CANDIDATE FOR REELECTION This is to notify the public that I am a candidate for re-elec tion its town commissioner sub ject to the action of the town convention to be ht’d Friday night, April 29. I shall appreciate the support of my friend*. WILL H. LASSITER. 1 liH Mission School Comes To Close At Consecration Service Twenty Young People Offer Their Lives For Service On Home or Foreign Field The School of Missions, which was conducted by the Baptist church here last week, was con sidered a decided success by those who took part. Large classes were leld each afternoon during the week, one of them being for the nembers of the Woman’s mission ary society, the others being for :he several junior organizations )f the church. Miss Gertrude Mat :ison, field worker for the W. M. LjT* °f the Johnston Association, ;aught two of the classes. Mrs. 5. L. Morgan. Mrs. H. H Rad ord and Miss Lolly Williams gave valuable assistance. Missionary J. W. Lowe spoke -ach ngiht with great effeetive less, using stereopticon pictures jroug'ht from China. His addresses )n China made a profound im pression on a large number who leard him. Following his last ad Iress Friday night there was a ;ender consecration service, when ‘bout twenty young people definite y offered their lives for service >n tne toreign mission field, or in vhatever capacity God seems to ndicate at home or abroad. At ■his service also a movement was >egun to raise funds sufficient imong the chuirches of the eoim y to open a Baptist hospital at Dheng Chow. China, which has >een closed now for two years be :ause of the lack of necessary funds. It is the only Christian lospital in this city of 300,000, in ’act, the only one in a district ontaining a population of several nillion people. The hospital is al eady equipped, and before it was losed it was treating from 5,000 o 8,000 patients a year. It could 'e opened by contributions amount ng to the salaries of a physician md a nurse each of $800 plus raveling* expenses to China. A ubscription was begun Friday light, and already nearly $250 is n sight. It is proposed tu present he matter to the other churches f the county. Mr. Lowe left Sunday morning o spend the day with the Baptist hurch at Clayton. The classes in :he school of missions continue hrough today, beginning at 4:45 nd closing at 7:45. Sunday afternoon a large con gregation at the Baptist church urned out to see the pageant •resented by the young people of he Pine Level Baptist church, ind to hear a very strong address riven by Rev. S. L. Naff, of Mount )live, who is conducting a reviv il at Selma this week. Mr. H. B. >mith, evangelistic singer assist ng in the meetings, pleased the ■ongregation by his solos, one of hem on his handsaw, which he days with remarkable sweetness. CAPTURE STILL IN ONEALS. Norman Narron, deputy sheriff n Oneals township, assisted by deputies T. E. Talton and John Ellington and Mr. Stuart captur ed a 40-gallon copper still Satur day night about 11:30 o’clock on Pretty Meadow Branch in Oneals township. The still was not in op ?ration when the officers made the raid, but it had evidently been run during the day. A half gallon of liquor was found. About a half barrel of beer was poured out. No arrests were made. AUNT ROXIE SAYS— Br Me— “Ez long ez dey’s nothin’ *hawi bout a gal but day haiah l c'r make out wid ‘am purty wall,"

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